India, June 30 -- PRAYAGRAJ A 15-year-old girl from Phulpur area in Prayagraj district was allegedly taken to Kerala by her neighbour and forcibly converted before being linked to a terror organisation, police said on Monday. The girl, belonging to a Scheduled Caste, was rescued on June 28 from Thrissur railway station after she managed to alert her mother through the local police.

Deputy commissioner of police (DCP) (Trans Yamuna) Kuldeep Singh Gunawat said, "Two accused, Daraksha Bano from Lilhat village in Phulpur, and her associate Kaif, have been arrested in connection with the abduction and forced religious conversion of a minor. There is preliminary evidence of links to terrorist organisations. Further investigations are underway ...